rhetoric English English language (rhetoric) English language grammar report writing
Genre
Textbooks/Оқулықтар/Учебная литература
Summary
Rules for Writersis anaccessible and comprehensive guide to effective writing. The fully revised 7th edition of this popular text shows readers how to compose and revise text, how to deploy grammar with confidence, and how to cite sources. Itis packed withexercises which provide excellent writing practice for students
Contents
The writing process -- Exploring and planning -- Drafting the paper -- Making global revisions ; then revising sentences -- Building effective paragraphs -- Academic writing -- Writing about texts -- Constructing reasonable arguments -- Evaluating arguments -- Clarity -- Active verbs -- Parallel ideas -- Needed words -- Mixed constructions -- Misplaced and dangling modifiers -- Shifts -- Emphasis -- Variety -- Wordy sentences -- Appropriate language -- Exact words -- Grammar -- Sentence fragments -- Run-on sentences -- Subject-verb agreement -- Pronoun-antecedent agreement -- Pronoun reference (clarity) -- Pronoun case -- Who and whom -- Adjectives and adverbs -- Standard English verb forms, tenses, and moods -- Multilingual writers and ESL challenges -- Verbs -- Articles -- Sentence structure -- Prepositions and idiomatic expressions -- Punctuation -- The comma -- Unnecessary commas -- The semicolon -- The colon -- The apostrophe -- Quotation marks -- End punctuation -- Other punctuation marks -- Mechanics -- Abbreviations -- Numbers -- Italics -- Spelling -- The hyphen -- Capitalization -- Grammar basics -- Parts of speech -- Sentence patterns -- Subordinate word groups -- Sentence types -- Document design -- Principles of document design -- Academic formatting -- Business formatting -- Research -- Conducting research -- Evaluating sources -- Managing information ; avoiding plagiarism -- Writing papers in MLA style -- MLA manuscript format ; sample paper -- Writing papers in APA style -- Supporting a thesis -- Citing sources ; avoiding plagiarism -- Integrating sources -- Documenting sources in APA style -- APA manuscript format ; sample paper
